Non-Stop Fun

I forgot how it is living so close to family. Never have we lived so close to so many of our family. Since we moved up here, there is always something going on, places to go, people to see, yadee yada.

Here is a brief run down of all of the events we've had going on:

Just as we moved up here, Mom and Dad came home. The boys are sure enjoying getting to know Grandma and Grandpa better and spend so much time with them.

With their homecoming, we had a lot of family come out.

Amberlee got to drive out with her three beautiful kids clear from Oregon.

Shauna came out without kids from Az and her twin sister, Shellie came out alone as well from NC.

Jeremy brought cute little Matthew from Texas and Mike's and Paul's  families drove up from Southern Utah.

We partied. A lot.

Not long after everyone left, Shauna brought the whole family out for a week.

We partied. A lot.

Then came the big move and the Haunted Train for Ammon's and Sam's birthday party.

We were just getting settled in the new house when Shellie and her family drove out for the big wedding and got to stay here (we have two spare bedrooms right now for anyone coming out this way and need a place to stay - hint, hint)

We partied some more. A lot.

Living with Matt and Abby it was just one big party. They're still close enough we get to attend dinner for Bailee's birthday, ice cream with Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Max at Wendy's (it's tradition), etc.

Not to mention when Bonnie and Susie have a day off they can just hop on over for lunch or just come hang out.

Then we have old friends that live up and down the valley that we get to see once in a while, now. We had Paulette and Sassy and her 4 kids here for dinner the other night. We have so many others that we still haven't had a chance to hook up with yet.

The boys are loving having cousins so close they can play with so often and I am loving having sisters and mom so close. It's just one big party - nonstop fun on into the holidays.

All that being said, every once in a while, I have a moment to think about our life in St. George and the people we left behind and I really start to miss them. No one and nothing will be able to fill that little whole that was left in my heart when we moved. I meet people here and find myself thinking - oh, they'll never be so-and-so, or so-and-so. As I think about it, I know I felt that way when I moved to St. George, too and I realize that there are people here that I will learn to love just as dearly as those friends I've made everywhere I've lived. I'm reminded of the quote:

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.”